arirangnews2013.4.26---三星第一季度利润飙升54％

arirangnews2013.4.26---三星第一季度利润飙升54％
Some great news for Samsung Electronics. The Korean tech giant announced Friday. that its first quarter operating profit. climbed 54 percent to 8-point-8 trillion won. or about eight billion U.S. dollars. In comparison, Samsung's rival,. Apple,. didn't do as well. Connie Lee has more. Samsung Electronics say its latest profit achievements came from strong sales of its smartphone Galaxy phones. and lower marketing expenses. In the first quarter,. Samsung declared an operating profit of 8-point-78 trillion won. or nearly 8-billion U.S. dollars. That's a 54-percent increase from the same period last year. Sales went up almost 17 percent. to more than 47 billion dollars year-on-year. However, compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, sales were actually down nearly six percent. The company says the demand FOR. and sales OF its consumer electronic products, like TVs and home appliances were down. because of a sluggish economy. But it looks like Samsung is faring well, compared to rival Apple. Apple saw its profits FALL for the first time in a decade in the first three months of this year,. dropping 18-percent. Experts say iPhone and iPad sales went down in the face of Samsung's competition. Samsung maintained its number one position in smartphones for the first quarter. Although the company doesn't provide smartphone sales figures, industry analysts estimate that the company sold up to 70 million smartphones while Apple says it sold 37-point-4 million iPhones. Experts expect Samsung to see continued growth in the coming months thanks to its new Galaxy S4 smartphone which is already out in Korea and is soon to be out in the U.S. Apple, on the other hand, is not expected to debut a new phone until next autumn. Connie Lee, Arirang News.
三星电子的一些好消息。韩国高科技巨头周五宣布。其第一季度的营业利润。攀升54％到8点八万亿韩元。或约80亿美元。相比之下，三星的对手，。苹果，。没有做的一样好。，康尼李有更多的。三星电子说，其利润最新成果来自其智能手机Galaxy手机销售强劲。和降低营销费用在第一季度。三星宣布营业利润为8点78万韩元。或近8亿美元，这是一个增加54％，从去年同期的销售额增长了近17％。超过47亿美元，较去年然而，到2012年第四季度相比，销售实际上下降了近6％。该公司表示需求。和销售消费电子产品，如电视和家电。因为经济不景气，但它看起来像三星是好的，相比竞争对手苹果，苹果看到它的利润下降，十年第一次在今年的前三个月。下降18％。专家说，iPhone和iPad的销售去面对三星的竞争中，三星继续保持第一的位置在第一季度的智能手机，虽然该公司并不提供智能手机的销售数字，业内分析师估计，该公司售出7000万部智能手机，而苹果公司说，它售出37点4万部iPhone。专家们预计，三星看到在未来几个月持续增长，其新的Galaxy S4智能手机已经在韩国，并很快在另一方面，美国苹果，是不是一个新的手机亮相，直到明年秋季康尼李，